Frank Salomon: 5 books
At the Mountains’ Altar
Anthropology of Religion in an Andean Community
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
In high-Andean Peru, Rapaz village maintains a temple to mountain beings who command water and weather. By examining the ritual practices and belief systems of an Andean community, this book provides students with rich understandings of unfamiliar religious experiences and delivers theories of religion...
Los Quipocamayos
El antiguo arte del khipu en una comunidad campesina moderna
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 4, 2015
Entre las "escrituras perdidas" del mundo antiguo ninguna resulta más desconcertante que la de los viejos khipus. Pero ¿en realidad ésta se ha perdido definitivamente? Este libro demuestra que los khipus tuvieron una larga y sorprendente trayectoria en coexistencia con lo que ha venido...
The Cord Keepers
Khipus and Cultural Life in a Peruvian Village
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2004
None of the world’s “lost writings” have proven more perplexing than the mysterious script in which the Inka Empire kept its records. Ancient Andean peoples encoded knowledge in knotted cords of cotton or wool called khipus. In The Cord Keepers, the distinguished anthropologist Frank Salomon...
The Lettered Mountain
A Peruvian Village’s Way with Writing
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2011
Andean peoples joined the world of alphabetic literacy nearly 500 years ago, yet the history of their literacy has remained hidden until now. In The Lettered Mountain, Frank Salomon and Mercedes Niño-Murcia expand notions of literacy and challenge stereotypes of Andean “orality” by analyzing...
Lebe dein Leid
Aber nicht bis zum bitteren Ende
Language: German
Release Date: March 5, 2015
Seit Menschengedenken gibt es das Zusammenspiel zwischen Mann und Frau. Doch wie verändern wir uns, wenn das Kribbeln durch das erleben der Liebesgefühle beginnt und wenn diese Gefühle angeblich mit einem mal nicht mehr da sind. Erfahren Sie mit einem gewissen Maß an Humor wie Sie sich dann verhalten...